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The Long and Winding Road
The clues to greatness were there to be seen, even in that first car. Professor Ferdinand Porsche’s passion for motorsport…

The clues to greatness were there to be seen, even in that first car. Professor Ferdinand Porsche’s passion for motorsport…
Photography Jayson Fong | Taken from Motor Sport, March 2021 This was a little like digging priceless historical artefacts out…
Photography Getty Images. Taken from Motor Sport, August 1962 Every five years the Grand Prix de l’ACF leaves the Reims circuit…
Photography Getty Images Taken from Motor Sport, November 2013 Porsche had raced a couple of F2-based four-cylinder cars for Dan…
If you wanted success at Le Mans during the 1970s or 1980s, then the easiest way to get ahead at…
The future of Porsche in motor sport is something to behold. It has its Formula E programme and its works…
Each month for the past five years it’s been my privilege, on your behalf, to take a motor racing name…
Photography Porsche Archives & Getty Images Taken from Motor Sport, April 1968 When the Porsche factory finally gave up production…
It was a plot that would have been regarded as too fanciful, even for Hollywood. Any self-respecting studio would have…
How much would you pay for a piece of automotive history which came complete with a sprinkling of Hollywood stardust?…
They were all just stories. They had to be. Of course a Porsche 917/30 would not actually spin its rear…
Being first is perhaps what matters most in all of motor racing. But some firsts are bigger than others. Richard…
Taken from Motor Sport, July 2015 Many of us remember the days when a grand prix driver would happily race…
Photography Brian Cleary, Porsche Archives & Getty Images . Taken from Motor Sport, February 2016 From conception its road-car roots…
Photography Getty Images Taken from Motor Sport, July 1970 Safe to say that our continental correspondent, Denis Jenkinson, wasn’t all…
On a sunny early-January day in the Black Forest a new era began in earnest for the king of sports…
Photography Jayson Fong. Taken from Motor Sport, May 2021 Some are older, many are faster, but if you were to…
Photography Porsche/Jürgen Tap. Taken from Motor Sport, May 2021 If you want to know how far removed from even the…
It seems somewhat bizarre that Vic Elford got started in motor sport never actually intending to be a driver. But,…
It’s one of those eternal motorsport quiz questions: ‘When and where did Ayrton Senna make his only appearance in a…
The first two races of the MotoGP season have been cancelled due to coronavirus measures, pushing back the start of the season by a month. The season-opening race was scheduled…
So maybe Helmut Marko was bluffing when he recently suggested that Red Bull could look at Le Mans if the post-2020 Formula 1 regulations are not to its liking. But…
Lewis Hamilton has F1 should step up to help the W Series after the female-only championship had to end its 2022 season early due to funding issues
How will Pierre Gasly fare alongside Max Verstappen at Red Bull Racing? Pierre Gasly’s promotion next year to the senior Red Bull team represents a huge opportunity for the 22-year-old.…